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Setting up a safe sleeping environment for your newborn is vital.
While Red Nose says that co-sleeping in a bed isn’t safe, they do recommend room sharing – this is where the baby sleeps safely in a co-sleeper or cot next to the bed – for the first six to 12 months.
So which co-sleeper is right for you?
The Tell Me Baby community has rated the safest co-sleepers they’ve tried and shared their opinions on what has, or hasn’t, worked for them.
Based on their co-sleeper reviews, we’ve put together a list of the safest co-sleepers our community loves. You can also look at out best baby bassinet comparisons to find the top rated products.
The Babyhood Australia Co Sleeper Cradle can be used as a cradle, co-sleeper or bassinet – whatever suits you. Featuring mesh sides, wheels and drop-down side, this product comes highly recommended by parents.
“I was looking for two things in a bassinet – wheels and a drop-down side, and there is not currently much like this on the market,” said a parent. “The babyhood bassinet was a great investment and has both of those mentioned above.”
Read Babyhood Australia Co Sleeper Cradle reviews.
Childcare Cosy Time Sleeper is a bassinet and a bedside sleeper in one. Easily attach it to your bed, or leave it as a freestanding bassinet.
One parent wrote: “So great to have baby next to you and so convenient for late-night cuddles. Being able to roll over and have my kids next to me in a safe area has been fantastic.”
Read Childcare Cosy Time Sleeper reviews.
Happiest Baby SNOO Smart Sleeper is a bassinet that applies Dr Karp’s popular 5 S’s soothing techniques. The SNOO gently rocks to help your baby be a better sleeper (up to 6 months), and features a hip safe 5-second swaddle that keeps baby safety on their back (when used as directed) – among other things.
Parents said the SNOO is worth the hype. “Bub slept so well in this, settled easier, gave me an easier night sleep. It was a plus all around. Expensive but worth it,” one parent wrote in their reivew.
Read Happiest Baby SNOO Smart Sleeper reviews.
The Love N Care By My Side Co-Sleeper Baby means baby can sleep safely next to you as a co-sleeper or in the same room using bassinet mode.
One mum shared, “I didn’t want to sleep with my newborn in our bed being a first time mum, so this was honestly so perfect. They were right next to me, and they slept throughout the night because they sensed I was close!”
Read Love N Care By My Side Co-Sleeper reviews.
The most important thing for parents to be aware of when searching for the safest co-sleepers is that there are no Australian safety standards for baby bassinets or bedside sleepers.
CHOICE says that some “products claim compliance with the older standard for rocking cradles AS/NZS 4385:1996. Other standards to look out for that manufacturers tend to have their bassinets tested to include:
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